NEW YORK - The Columbia women's soccer team will conclude
its 2012 slate Saturday, when it visits Cambridge, Mass. for a 12:00 p.m.
showdown against Harvard at Solders Field Soccer Stadium.

Columbia and Harvard enter Saturday's contest tied for
fourth in the Ivy League standings. Both teams hold a 2-3-1 conference mark,
good for seven points.

The Lions will be looking to end the Ivy League season the
same way they started it, with a victory. After opening the year with wins over
Cornell and Brown, Columbia has gone 0-3-1 in conference play. This past
Saturday, Beverly Leon scored her sixth goal of the year to ensure a 1-1 tie
with visiting Yale.

Leon and Coleen Rizzo have been the offensive catalysts for
Columbia this season. With six goals apiece, the duo has combined for 12 of the
Lions' 16 goals this season. With 15 points, Leon is tied for fourth in the Ivy
League, while Rizzo remains tied for sixth with 14 points.

The Crimson have had an up-and-down Ivy League season
picking up wins over Yale and Brown, in between losses to Penn, Princeton and
Dartmouth. Harvard most recently fell to the Big Green, 2-0, on Oct. 28.

Meg Casscells-Hamby leads the Crimson with 15 points on the
season, matching Leon with six goals and three assists. In net for Harvard most
of the season has been Bethany Kanten who holds a 7-5-3 overall record.

Grace Redmon has played over 1,267 minutes in net for
Columbia this season, making 69 saves, second-best in the Ivy League.

The Columbia-Harvard series has been one that has leaned
primarily in favor of the Crimson. Harvard maintains a 22-3-1 edge all-time,
with the Lions last wins in the series coming in 2006 and 2007. The Crimson won
last season's meeting in New York City, 1-0.